CVE-2014-9421

critical
Published 2015-02-19 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.0
VIR risk
9.0

Description

The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9421

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2015-001.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9421.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.12.1+dfsg-17
debian debianbullseyefixed1.12.1+dfsg-17
debian debianforkyfixed1.12.1+dfsg-17
debian debiansidfixed1.12.1+dfsg-17
debian debiantrixiefixed1.12.1+dfsg-17

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mitkerberos_51.11
mitkerberos_51.11.1
mitkerberos_51.11.2
mitkerberos_51.11.3
mitkerberos_51.11.4
mitkerberos_51.11.5
mitkerberos_51.12
mitkerberos_51.12.1
mitkerberos_51.12.2
mitkerberos_51.13

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.